Shell shock

PC CD Rom minimum system requirements: 8MB RAM 2MB hard disc space dual speed CD-Rom drive SVG £39.99

PC CD Rom minimum system requirements: 8MB RAM 2MB hard disc space dual speed CD-Rom drive SVG £39.99

JUS' Keepin' Da' Peace is the motto of a five mane mercenary unit operating out of the derelict State Correctional Facility on Jackson Island, New York. From their pokey back street base they hope, to combat oppression, terrorism and corruption worldwide. If the story was any taller there be snow on it!

However, it's not the storyline but the game that matters and Shellshock is far better than the storyline suggests.

You are one of this unfortunate quintet, and start your mercenary life at the bottom rung. You must, by successfully? completing missions, upgrade your hardware so that you can move onto some of the more difficult tasks facing these renegades

At the wheel and turret of a M-13 Predator tank, you are given 25 specific missions to complete. Shellshock is far from easy, and even the first mission requires several attempts before you can advance to the next.

Thankfully the game is not frustratingly difficult, although you will have to build some sort of a strategy before facing the enemy. Being gung ho and trigger happy won't get you very, far.

Shellshock represents about, as much fun as you are likely to have in a tank.

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